Re: Julio Inglesias Jewish? -Reply

[michpat <buczacz...>]

if Elvis's maternal grandmother was Jewish tehn Halachically he would have
been one.  i'm not sure what the rule is if his grandmother or mother
converted to another religion, whether that removes her from Judaism.  i
suspect it does but am not sure.

michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Hope Ehn Dennis Ehn <ehn (at) world(dot)std(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Cc: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: Julio Inglesias Jewish? -Reply


>On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Peter Rushefsky wrote:
>
>> My understanding is that Elvis's maternal grandmother was Jewish.
>
>*If* that should be true, wouldn't that make Elvis Jewish? According to
>the halachic principle of Judaisim by maternal descent, wouldn't having a
>Jewish mother would make Elvis's mother Jewish? And if Elvis's mother was
>Jewish, wouldn't Elvis be Jewish also? (And wouldn't that make him
>ineligible to act as "Shabbos goy," which he certainly did?)
>
>I'm no expert on these things, so please don't beat me up if I've erred
>here. I've only posted this question out of curiosity, and have no vested
>interest in the answer.
>
>Hope Ehn                   <ehn (at) world(dot)std(dot)com>
>
>
>

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